St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-06-29
The City Council and Park Commission
Come to Clear and SatisfaG-
tory Understanding.
Street Railway and Motor Line Fran.
chises Wanted for the Suburban
Districts by Spectators.
Sam Small Leaves Red Rock Without
Saying Farewell to His Re-
igious Admirers.
Notes From the Fair Ground "A
Day in the Courts, and
Other Facts.
PEACEABLY SETTLED.
The Differences Between Council
and Park Commissioners.

The Differences Between Council
and Park Commissioners.
In pursuance of the informal action
taken by the joint committee meetings
on Monday evening, the park question
was solved very speedily yesterday.
The chamber of commerce meet at 10
in the morning and after short discuss
ion passed resolutions retracting its
previous recommendation TO enlarge
Central park; recommending to the
park commissioners that the order
of condemnation be reSeinded, and
requesting the council to place
all the proceeds of the park
bonds authorized at the disposal
of the park commissioners. At 8
O'Clock in the afternoon the park com
mission met. There were present
MeSSrS. Van Slyke, Campbell, Maggoffin,
Newell and Schiffman. The commits
sionerS listened TO arguments OF. Gen.
Andrews and others on the question of
locating an 100-acre park at Minnehaha
for the benefit of the soldiers home.
The following letter from Gen. Sibley
was read to the commission:
Gentlemen: Being incapacitated by i'll
ness from attending your meeting this after
noon, as | have been requested TO do by some
OF our ClIlZeNS. L Deg leave earnestly 10 reC-
ommend to your honorable body that the OPP
portunity for securing a tract of land on the
west bank of the Mississippi river opposite
Minnehaha for park purposes, in con1unc-
ton with the forty acres proposed TO be pro-
cured and donated by the citizens of Mime
apOliS be not allowed 10 pass without favora-
bic action on your pant. 1t Is my sincere
conviction that failure of the project would
prove source of lasting regret TO the people
of both cities. Respectfully, your fellow
citizen HENRY II SIBLEY.
The commission went into executive
session for an hour, and when the doors
were opened announced the adoption of
the two resolutions below:
SOME RESOLUTIONS.
Whereas, In our opinion, any attempt TO
condemn any land fer park purposes while
the fund authorized by the act creating the
board of park commissioners is not provided
under the control of the board, is ineXpe-
dent and unjust to private interests affected
thereby;
Resolved, That the resolution adopted by
the board OF park commissioners for the city
of st. Paul, condemning the land between
Central park and Cedar street, be reScinded.
Resolved. That the undersigned are in
favor of boulevard along the east bank of
the Mississippi river, opposite Fort Smelling
reservation, and also the acquisition of sutfi-
Gent land for Il suitable approach connect
ing such boulevard with the west bank of the
river near Minnehaha falls.
The first resolution was sent to the
meeting of the city council last night
and resolution drawn in the hand
writing of City Attorney Murray was
unanimously passed by the council,
authorizing the proper city officers to
issue the entire Ss25,0O0 of park bonds
and place the fund in the hands of the
park commission, to be used by that
body as deemed advisable. The action
of the park commission regarding the
park at Minnehaha falls is not exactly
what was expected, the boulevard being
substituted for a park, with no proyiS-
bonds asked fer, but it is believed that
it Will be of sufficient encouragement to
the soldiers home commission to secure
the location Of the home in ST. Paul.
This ends all the differences between
the park commission and the city coun-
Gil.